Roy Harris
1898 - 1979
American
Summary
Studies at the University of California were followed by sessions with Arthur Farwell who introduced him to the poetry of Walt Whitman and encouraged the development of a personal style. Harris also studied with Charles Demarest, Fannie Dillon, Henry Schoenfeld, Modest Altschuler, and, with Copland's encouragement, Nadia Boulanger, under whose tutelage he wrote a Concerto for piano, clarinet, and string quartet establishing him, in Paris, as one of the premier young American composers.
Among Harris's many honors were the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal, a Naumburg Award for his Symphony No. 7, election to the American Institute and Academy of Arts and Letters, and the title of Composer Laureate of the State of California. Teaching posts included those at Princeton, Cornell, Peabody College for Teachers, Indiana University, and UCLA.
News
Performances
5th June 2023
- PERFORMERS
- Civic Orchestra of Chicago
- CONDUCTOR
- Thomas Wilkins
- LOCATION
- Orchestra Hall, Chicago , IL, United States of America
20th October 2023
- SOLOISTS
- ; Valeriy Sokolov
- PERFORMERS
- Minnesota Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Thomas Wilkins
- LOCATION
- Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
21st October 2023
- SOLOISTS
- ; Valeriy Sokolov
- PERFORMERS
- Minnesota Orchestra
- CONDUCTOR
- Thomas Wilkins
- LOCATION
- Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America